Part II will close this afternoon, so get your votes in soon.
And here's Part III of Round One, which introduces our first 20th Century works, let's see how more modern works fare vs. the classics.
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| Macbeth | VS. | Canterbury Tales | ||
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| The Awakening | VS. | The Great Gatsby |
Talk about a tough choice!
ReplyDeleteI'm partial to Macbeth because I played Lady Macbeth and absolutely love this play but on the other hand I have fond memories of reading selections from Chaucer in Mrs. Reilly's AP English class and giggling like a school girl at "The Miller's Tale." And of course both The Awakening and Gatsby are both books I've read over and over.
A hard choice, but I'm going to have to go with Canterbury Tales and The Great Gatsby.
Macbeth and Awakening
ReplyDeleteTough choice.
ReplyDeleteI'm going to have to go with Canterbury Tales and The Awakening.
I think i'll have to back the Canterbury tales on that first match up.
ReplyDeleteEasy easy choice on the second though...Gatsby all the way. Perhaps the most iconic american novel, imo. :D
Macbeth is a great work of art that lays the human condition bare while Canterbury Tales is a great bit of light entertianment: advatage Macbeth .
ReplyDeleteThe Great Gatsby is one of the best books I've ever read. The Awakening is probably a good book that I have been meaning to read: advantage Gatsby.
Macbeth
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The Great Gatsby
Macbeth and Gatsby. The Awakening is SUCH a sleeper! (Ironic, isn't it?)
ReplyDeleteLook at that Steph! Alex and I agree on something...
ReplyDeleteThere is a first time for everything :-P
Annie---You both can agree, but it would work out better for both of you to agree with me. :p I had a hard time choosing between The Great Gatsby and The Awakening, so I'll let that last one slide.
ReplyDeleteJason---Light entertainment? Are you serious?
Jason obviously didn't have to read it in original Middle English. It was a killer!
ReplyDeleteMacbeth and Awakening
ReplyDeleteSteph -- why would I want to agree with you when you're wrong? that'd just be silly.
ReplyDeleteAlso, in comparison to MacBeth the "tales" would be a bit of light entertainment.
Let's see --
ReplyDeleteMacBeth: Intense psychological/ interpersonal drama about the effects of ambition filled with much of the most powerful language in English.
"Out, out, brief candle! Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage and then is heard no more: it is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing." Macbeth Quote (Act V, Scene V).
Canterbury Tales: A satire that loses much of its value if you're not familiar with the details of the time. (Although it makes a fine vehicle for fart jokes).
Advantage: Macbeth
Gatsby vs. Awakening -- I'm afraid I fall into the same category as Jason here. I've not gotten to The Awakening yet, so I'll throw my hat in with The Great Gatsby.
Oh man. This is going to get good by the time the finals get here.
ReplyDeleteI am slightly comforted by the fact that my favorites will probably not make it through.
Macbeth and The Great Gatsby
ReplyDeleteI'm a bit older than these children posting and my memory may not be as good as it should be, but I do recall enjoy reading and studying Macbeth. So Macbeth and Gatsby it is!
ReplyDeleteIt looks like the Bard's Macbeth wins another with an 8-3 victory over the Canterbury Tales.
ReplyDeleteAnd the 1st 20th Century title, The Great Gatsby, moves on with an 8-3 victory over The Awakening.
And voting's officially closed, but part IV is still open until tomorrow afternoon!